Can Arduino Nano use Laptop's internet connection?

[KatiaCassar]

Hi, I'm new to Arduino and I wanted to know if it's possible if my Arduino Nano can use the internet via my laptop while they're connected with the USB cable? If not, what can I use to connect to the internet since I need it to upload the results of the Adafuit TCS34725 Colour Sensor on AdafruitIO.

[Robin2]

You need to write a PC program that communicates with the internet and with the Arduino.

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[mauried]

Its possible but if you are new to Arduinos its not trivial, and you need a good understanding of how TCPIP works.
You need this
https://playground.arduino.cc/Code/SerialIP/ which is a SLIP library for Arduino
and an old PC running XP , as XP was the last Windows OS that contained Winslip, otherwise you will have to find a version of Winslip which will run on current Windows based OS.
Slip , which stands for Serial Line Internet Protocol, allows the sending of IP datagrams over a normal
serial connection and was widely used in the early 1980s .
Its quite slow , so not practical for sending large amounts of data.
Ive not used it on an Arduino yet, but have used it on a Rasperry PI and it works surprisingly well.

[KatiaCassar]

Its possible but if you are new to Arduinos its not trivial, and you need a good understanding of how TCPIP works.
You need this
https://playground.arduino.cc/Code/SerialIP/ which is a SLIP library for Arduino
and an old PC running XP , as XP was the last Windows OS that contained Winslip, otherwise you will have to find a version of Winslip which will run on current Windows based OS.
Slip , which stands for Serial Line Internet Protocol, allows the sending of IP datagrams over a normal
serial connection and was widely used in the early 1980s .
Its quite slow , so not practical for sending large amounts of data.
Ive not used it on an Arduino yet, but have used it on a Rasperry PI and it works surprisingly well.

are you sure as the links in https://playground.arduino.cc/Code/SerialIP/ are all broken links and I cant find the SerialIP library

[mauried]

Yes it looks like the library is no longer being maintained.
Its been around 5 years since I used it.
The only other option for an Internet connection is to get an Ethernet Shield for your nano, something like this.
https://www.ebay.com.au/i/273829166563?chn=ps